Framed by the Australian history curriculum for Years 7 - 10, but suited to global focuses of history teaching
The short stories in HiSTORY 1 and HiSTORY 2 were written to cover pre-history all the way through to the present; they have been crafted to fit with the new Australian curriculum in History for Years 7 through 10 but this has a strong world history focus so the stories cover many parts of the world.
TOPICS covered
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· Prehistory: Carrying Fire
· Ancient Egypt: Little Hatshepsut
· Ancient Greece: The other runner
· Ancient Rome: Barca vs Scipio
· Ancient India: A stone memorial
· Ancient China: The road to Noeing
· OVERVIEW: A miserable time to live in
· The Ottoman Empire: Taking coffee
· Renaissance Italy : Galileo the heretic
· The Vikings: If there were dragons
· Medieval Europe: Set it free
· Angkor/Khmer Empire: Nothing beside remains
· Japan under the Shoguns: The maker of Uguisu-bari
· The Polynesian expansion across the Pacific: Growing wings
· Mongol Expansion: The end of a series
· The Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa (14th century plague): What's behind the wall?
· The Spanish Conquest of the Americas (c.1492 – c.1572): Gods riding beasts
· The Making of the Modern World: Once upon a time
· The Making of the Modern World: A lost paradise
· The Industrial Revolution: The long days continue
· Progressive Ideas and Movements: Charts not charted
· Movement of Peoples: Buffalo song
· Asia and the World: Cawnpore dogs
· Making a nation: Black soil
· Making a nation: A federation story
· World War I: Black roses
· Overview ~the interwar years: Backyard cricket
· World War II: The gunners story
· Overview of the modern world: Feynman and the bridge
· Rights and Freedoms: Nothing Like Chocolate
· Popular Culture: Capital Opera
· Migration Experiences: The immigrant’s love song
· The Environment Movement: Another Road
The role of research in crafting stories
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